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An unplanned vacation forces Lana to accompany Archer, Pam, and Cyril on a mission that quickly goes off the rails. Meanwhile, Cheryl and Krieger try to annoy the agency's drones.

Episode Tropes:

  • Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: Lana's cover as a cocaine buyer is blown because she couldn't pronounce the word "Ibiza" right.
  • Broken Aesop: Pam tries to tell Lana that she doesn't want to go back to eating cocaine because it reminded her of when she was young and used her birthday money to buy a lot of candy that she later started to hate because she got too much into it...only she ends that by saying she'd go back to eating cocaine anyway.
  • Call-Back:
    • Archer brings up his therapist from the previous season and the realization that she was trying to fill Mallory's spot.
    • Pam recalls her cocaine addiction back in Season 5, which she admits not being proud of despite wanting it again.
  • Control Freak: Lana takes it up to the max as she goes on the mission with the gang and complains about doing everything herself. Of course, the others point out that they never asked her to come.
  • Corrupt Politician: The people hiring the Agency only care about the fact that the new drugs on the street are negatively impacting their businesses and don't even try to hide it.
  • Genre Savvy: When Lana takes out her gun in order to show that she hasn't gotten rusty, Archer immediately tries to stop her from firing as he realizes there's a good chance she'll accidentally shoot the innocent bird above them. She actually fires her gun at the snake that was about to attack Archer from behind, before immediately shooting the bird accidentally due to showing off.
  • Gone Horribly Wrong: Archer, Pam, and Cyril's new lives as port town people quickly goes south because their overall incompetence starts showing, and that's before the citizens start attacking them.
  • Instant Taste Addiction: Lana quickly falls into cocaine addiction when she's offered some.
  • Outlaw Town: Turns out the port town close to the cocaine factory is also in cahoots with the factory, because all of the workers live there. This also includes the children, who aren't above getting their hands dirty.
  • Out of Focus: Zara only appears in the cold opening before leaving for vacation.
  • The Peeping Tom: Cyril gets jailed for peeping on the mayor's daughter.
  • Super-Speed: A cocaine-addicted Lana is able to move pretty fast, which is described as "transcending time and space."
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Lana towards the others as she feels responsible for all their antics.
  • Vacation Episode: Thanks to Zara bringing it up, Archer, Pam, and Cyril make this happen, against Lana's wishes and to her chagrin while in the middle of a mission. Furthermore, Archer ended up finding the detonator trigger right away, but he kept playing dumb.

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